Tirol Chocolate – Raisin Butter Sand
Sometimes I buy products based on the package alone, and I am a victim of marketing as much as any other. For me though, I often make the mistake of buying a product based on…
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Pretz – Crispy Pizza
Pretz is a well-established brand and I’ve long since been indoctrinated into the Glico family of products like Pocky since early childhood. It’s too late for me. I can’t escape. Lest they do something real…
Cratz – Grilled Corn
Cratz, unlike the other Glico brands like Pocky and Pretz are perfectly fine with resting on their laurels, only releasing a few flavours and sticking to the tried and true. That’s not a bad thing,…
Fujiya – Dole Gummy Candy Double Grape
Fujiya is a brand I associate mostly with chocolate – from their Milky products with the ever creepy Peko Chan mascot, or the Country Ma’am cookie line, they seem to do well with the dairy…
Jagabee – Happy Butter Flavour Potato Sticks
In tough times, we all find different ways of coping. When it comes to food, the coping comes in the form of forgoing fresh or easily perishable foods for more shelf stable ones. Like replacing…
Black Thunder – Corn Soup
I never thought I’d see the day that I would be doing yet another Black Thunder corn based review. When I first got into Black Thunder, I figured there would be a lot of different…
Mintia Breeze – Fresh Peach
Given the limited human interactions for me these days, coupled with the inability to share snacks with others, my propensity for mints in general has taken a nose dive. Mints, unlike Hi-Chews or a bag…
Kasugai Tsubu Gummies – Halloween
Kasugai is known primarily for their gummy candies. They have a wide range of gummy products that have been around since forever. The name might not ring a bell, but I assure you if you’ve…
Tirol Chocolate – Tokyo Rusk
I’ve always found it interesting how many souvenirs or gifts that are commonplace in Asia are basically 70% packaging, 30% actual product. Most times the over-packaging leads me to believe the products aren’t nearly as…
Bourbon – Gummy Mozza – Yogurt
Sometimes I wonder why the Japanese snack makers seem to be so much more creative and willing to take risks on strange, novel candy ideas. Is it just a matter of consumers more willing to…